Join this session to explore SSD technology and key considerations when designing SSDs into cloud computing environments. Learn about the best known practices to overcome IO bottlenecks and accelerate cloud applications.

The session will cover key aspects of storage subsystem metrics including Quality of Service (QoS) and how IOP consistency is critical to cloud storage deployment and performance; SSD endurance needs within cloud deployment and its verification methods; and Reliability and Serviceability features to ensure stress free protection of cloud storage. This session also covers new SSD caching methods for accelerating SAN storage farms, achieving breakthrough performance with existing infrastructure and Intel SSD technology.

Speaker Bios:Tahmid Rahman works as a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group for Intel Corporation. His primary responsibilities include creation of product collateral/solutions for current data center SSDs, benchmarking and competitive market and customer requirement analysis for future product planning.

Prior Tahmid was involved in mixed signal design for Flash Memory and Chipset products. Tahmid has a Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Texas A&M respectively. He also holds an MBA from University of California, Davis. Tahmid enjoys outdoor activities including sightseeing and hiking.

Chuck Brown serves as the Data Center SSD Product Line Manager within Intel. His product and technical marketing team support product development and technical marketing of Intel’s SSD products. Dr. Brown and his team perform system integration and usages analysis for SSD application in server and cloud infrastructure. He advises leading IT decision makers about best practices around storage and virtualization technologies.

Dr. Brown has held various engineering management positions. Prior to his current role, he severed as director Intel’s Emerging Compute Laboratory researching virtualization and cloud technology. He drove strategic planning within Intel’s Mobile Platform Group and managed world-wide business development for Intel’s Handheld and Flash memory product lines. Prior to Intel, Dr. Brown worked for IBM in development, sales and IT system engineering management roles.

He serves as an industry affiliate board member and lecturer in Electrical Engineering at University California Davis and is credited with the development of numerous products, authored trade and conference papers, and holds nine U.S. patents.

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